Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1.1. Overview

This is a module which provides MySQL connectivity for OpenSIPS.
It implements the DB API defined in OpenSIPS.

1.2. Dependencies

1.2.1. OpenSIPS Modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

No dependencies on other OpenSIPS modules.

1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications

The following libraries or applications must be installed before running
OpenSIPS with this module loaded:

libmysqlclient-dev - the development libraries of mysql-client.

1.3. Exported Parameters

1.3.1. exec_query_threshold (integer)

If queries take longer than 'exec_query_threshold' microseconds, warning
messages will be written to logging facility.

Default value is 0 - disabled.

Example 1.1. Set exec_query_threshold parameter

...
modparam("db_mysql", "exec_query_threshold", 60000)
...

1.3.2. timeout_interval (integer)

Time interval after that an connection attempt, read or write request
is aborted. The value counts three times, as several retries are done
from the driver before it gives up.

The read timeout parameter is ignored on driver versions prior to
“5.1.12”, “5.0.25” and “4.1.22”.
The write timeout parameter is ignored on version prior to “5.1.12”
and “5.0.25”, the “4.1” release don't support it at all.

Default value is 2 (6 sec).

Example 1.2. Set timeout_interval parameter

...
modparam("db_mysql", "timeout_interval", 2)
...

1.4. Exported Functions

No function exported to be used from configuration file.

1.5. Installation

Because it dependes on an external library, the mysql module is not
compiled and installed by default. You can use one of the next options.

- edit the "Makefile" and remove "db_mysql" from "excluded_modules"
list. Then follow the standard procedure to install OpenSIPS:
"make all; make install".

- from command line use: 'make all include_modules="db_mysql";
make install include_modules="db_mysql"'.

1.6. Exported Events

1.6.1.
E_MYSQL_CONNECTION

This event is raised when a MySQL connection is lost or recovered.

Parameters:

url - the URL of the connection as specified by the db_url parameter.

status - connected if the connection recovered, or
disconnected if the connection was lost.